This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Member countries of the International Criminal Court met this month in Kampala, Uganda. They were there to examine the court's progress for the first time. Observers, human rights activists and civi...
Matthew: Hi, everybody. My name's Matthew White and I'm here interviewing Mary Birch-Harmon, who we lovingly call MB. MB, we know you go on lots of trips for Habitat For Humanity. Could you please explain exactly what is Habitat? MB: Sure. Habitat Fo...
Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week ... A show about prizes, awards, honors -- and about some people who have won them recently. Plus, the answer to a listener question about an American Nobel laurea...
WHITFIELD: Black Friday specials longer hours at the stores online deals. Will they add up to a boost to merchants' bottom lines and of course, the economy? CNN's Sean Callebs is at a Wal-Mart in Marietta, Georgia. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) SEAN CALLEBS, CNN...
10 December 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a speech after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize during a ceremony at the Oslo City Hall in Oslo, 10 Dec 2009 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Distinguished Members of the Norwegian Nobel Comm...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 03 April 2007 Since 1984, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, have helped build homes for the poor through a charitable group called Habitat for Humanity. As we hear from Mike O'Sullivan, the Cart...
By Alan Silverman Hollywood 06 January 2007 In a world without babies, a newborn child could be the key to humanity's future in a dark and compelling thriller co-written and directed by Mexican-born filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron. Alan Silverman has this...
By Jill Moss Broadcast: July 21, 2003 This is Bill White with the VOA Special English Development Report. The United Nations estimates that more than one-thousand-million people live in poor housing c...
